hickok



UNITED sTATns PATENT'OFFICE.

cnoTHEs-DRIER.

speeieetion of Letters Patent No. 26,496, dated Decembelafo; T3359. 1 .p

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, D. K. I-IIoKoK, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification, in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denote the same part.

Figure 11 is a verticalsection through the center of the clothes drier. ,Fig 2is a seetion through the center of the upper hub. Fig. 3 is a section through the `axisof the shaft showing the arrangement of the spring catch. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the headed pin.

The nature of the invention consists in having theshaft of the drier hollow at the head for the admission of a headed pin which passes through the upper hub to conne it on the shaft. In this hollow shaft is a spring catch having its end fprojecting through an opening in the side o the shaft and catching in a groove in the inside of the upper hub, `which is grooved to receive it, so that when the pin is placed in the shaft it pushes the `sprin catch through `the opening in the shaft into the groove in the hub and prevents the hub from slipping olf the shaft. And there is a cord fastened to one side of the lower huh, passing through eyes on the top of the upper hub and fastened to a pin on the other side of the lower hub, which serves the double purpose of keeping the frame stretched tight, and also of keeping the pin down firmly in the shaft, and prevent it and consequently the hubs from coming 0H the shaft. When desired the cord may he loosened, the pin taken out, and the hubs and frame taken olf the shaft.

In the drawing S, is the hollow headed fforth, when arrang dfwith` huh braces:` H

shaft, having the springfcatch o, P, the head1-` ed pin passing through theupper` hub into shaft S, g the grooveon the` insidejof hub H, to receive thefspringcatcho, and d, 1 the cord from xonesde ofthe lower hub Hf, passing .through eyes le, `on `top ,y of hub and secured tofpin p, on the other side. w When in use the "hubsgare placed on `the shaft, the pin P,isinserted through huhH* into the hollow of shaft S, pushing thepr jection of springcatch 0,;into.,thegroove` g of hub H, therebyconfininglittin place; on". the shaft butnotpreventing it from revolve ing on the shaft sas1thefgroove` extends fentrely around it. thecordi, passing across the top of `the pinfl?, not only serves y to keep the frame in" attight condition when stretched, but `also keepsthe pin` from slip-` ping out, thus assisting in lkeeping thelframe firmly in position on the shaftWhen: not in use the cord d,`maybeloosened andthe pin P, taken out, when; thesprin catcliiiies in from the groovein theghub a lowing the whole frame to be removed from the" shaft and put out ofl the way, thus adding to its portability and convenience. "3 i I do not claim thecordfastening norgany of the parts separatelyconsidered, buti f1 Iclaim y t The internallygroovedvhub H,and springgg-i` catch c, in combinationwith hollowheadedl shaftS, headed pin Rand securing cordgokzgf substantially as and fonthe` purposasetm B, arms A, and cordfc"-` q f In testimony whereof I have hereunto@ signed my name before two subscribing `wit-` t, nesses. n

y fk, HICKOK` t Witnesses:` y y TJ JOHN MiLEs,w y l GEO. Ailtiniestfr"p` i i 

